http://saintgasoline.com/2007/04/01/if-creationists-held-their-religion-to-the-same-unreasonable-standards-they-set-for-evolution/ A humorous podcast/blog focusing on politics, news, science, skepticism, and hilarious substances like urine. Fri, 11 May 2012 03:45:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://saintgasoline.com/2007/04/01/if-creationists-held-their-religion-to-the-same-unreasonable-standards-they-set-for-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-6808 Dan Lord Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:41:26 +0000 http://saintgasoline.com/?p=439#comment-6808 "The theory of evolution is actually supported with a wide array of evidence. Evolution is right up there with basic principles of elementary physics in terms of observational support." You know, I think the theory of evolution is great as far as it goes, but it's not true to say that it's supported by a "wide array of evidence." It certainly isn't "up there with the basic principles of elementary physics in terms of observational support," since no one has ever observed it. We've observed micro-evolution (small changes within a species, for instance--humans have known about that for a long time) but not macro-evolution. Your wolf/deer analogy is not good, because it assumes there is a similar overwhelming amount of data available for macro-evolution, but there isn't. There's some very intelligent guesswork based on some data, but that's all we can say right now. I liked your recent philosophical paradox post, though--funny. “The theory of evolution is actually supported with a wide array of evidence. Evolution is right up there with basic principles of elementary physics in terms of observational support.”
You know, I think the theory of evolution is great as far as it goes, but it’s not true to say that it’s supported by a “wide array of evidence.” It certainly isn’t “up there with the basic principles of elementary physics in terms of observational support,” since no one has ever observed it. We’ve observed micro-evolution (small changes within a species, for instance–humans have known about that for a long time) but not macro-evolution. Your wolf/deer analogy is not good, because it assumes there is a similar overwhelming amount of data available for macro-evolution, but there isn’t. There’s some very intelligent guesswork based on some data, but that’s all we can say right now.
I liked your recent philosophical paradox post, though–funny.

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